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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 Update on recent events in the Russia-Ukraine war

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 #POLI2049 Interesting on the interaction between narrative, identity, and geopolitics

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI2049 Interesting series of nested threads on the historical background to the ongoing civil war in Yemen.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI2049 Relevant for our later discussions on the blurred lines between Civil Wars and Inter-state conflict

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 #POLI2049 Interesting as a way into ongoing discussions about the significance of Geo-Politics as a field and its importance for IR

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI2049 Relevant for our later discussion in the module on Religion and International Politics, especially the extent to which religion offers alternative ways of understanding international politics and how it should be ordered.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 #POLI2049 Interesting intervention on ontological security (relevant to our week's on Social Constructivism and Identity), Great Power politics, and Japan over the late 19th and throughout most of the 20th century.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 An FT interview with President Zelensky with his perspective on the current course of the Russia-Ukraine war (you should be able to access FT articles using your UoN sign in details).

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 #POLI2049 Useful when thinking about the interaction between gender, conflict, and peace processes.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI2049 Relevant to this week's discussions on post-colonialism in international politics and later discussions in the module on changes in the international order over the course of the 20th century. Also potentially relevant for those working on the case analysis about the Non-Aligned Movement.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI2049 A good overview of the civil war in Sudan and potential paths forward. Relevant for our discussion of Civil Wars later in the module.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI2049 Relevant to both last week's discussion of international orders and this week's discussion of whether the origins of IR have built Euro-centric assumptions into the discipline. (Also interesting for #POLI1017)

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 #POLI2049 Relevant to discussions on gender, identity construction and how these shape interactions betwen domestic politics, foreign policy, and international politics.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 #POLI2049 Interesting for thinking about the relationship between domestic politics and both intra-state and inter-state conflict.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 #POLI2049 Relevant to thinking about Consctructivism, Identity, Social Psychology, and Political Violence. Suggests that traditional assumptions about the relationship between violence towards outgroups and ingroup identification may be faulty.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 #POLI2049 On state-centrism and conflict. Especially relevant for later when we are looking at Civil Wars, 'messy conflicts', hybrid wars and whether engaging with these is limited by state-centrism in our datasets.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI2049 Interesting on how ways of visualising international politics, shape how we think, and potentially policy behaviour. Relevant to this week's conversations about the legacies of colonial ways of thinking in international politics Also interesting for #POLI1017

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#POLI1017 #POLI2049 An interesting intervention arguing that fragmentation and non-state actors of varying kinds suggest international politics is reverting to a pre-modern form of international politics. Links to a number of themes of the modules, including the role of state-centric IR theories.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Delighted to see this article, co-authored with @profjackholland.bsky.social, is now out! 'Ontological Security beyond Binaries' makes original contributions to debates on Ontological Security and brOthering; moving beyond identity binaries in Genocide Studies; and theorising IS genocidal violence.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Great to see this piece written with Lewis Eves, Gilsun Jeong, and Nandor Revesz is now out. Our focus groups produced some really interesting findings on overlooked factors driving students' AI use and how this relates to broader societal and institutional trends.

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Jack Holland @profjackholland.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Just before Xmas, Laura C and I had career firsts: 2 PhD students successfully defended their theses on the same day, passing their vivas. Very many congrats to Dr Laura Rose Brown and Dr Charles Gray! And very many thanks to the internals (Louise and Olaf) and externals (Catherine and Kyle)

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

A recording of my lecture is now available here. In the missing first 5m, Professor Berry tells the potted history of my rise from 2Cs and a D at A Level, to a Desmond from Nottingham Trent, then from Wollongong (MA) to toil at Aberystwyth, to finally graduating with a PhD from Loughborough in 2008.

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Alex Prichard's Inaugural lecture: 'Constitutionalising Anarchy in World Politics'

YouTube video by University of Exeter

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Out now! New edited book “New Directions in Vernacular Security” with Palgrave. Great working with @leejarvis.bsky.social & @akinoyawale.bsky.social to bring it together. Great contributions-from Rohingya refugee camps, to military self help books & more in between link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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New Directions in Vernacular Security Research

This book provides a fresh perspective on vernacular security, featuring diverse case studies and unique sources to enrich your understanding.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

#POLI3097 A discussions with Dan about the US and intelligence liaison.

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

BISA at 50: Take a look back at our first ever BISA conference with Professor Jack Holland 🌟 What notable events were taking place on the world stage at that time? And are they still relevant in IR today? 🎉 Read here now 👉 ow.ly/RqvL50Xqolq @julietdryden.bsky.social

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BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – The new dimensions of foreign policy (1975!)

Professor Jack Holland looks back at the themes of the first BISA conference, which took place in 1975.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#POLI3097 Very Relevant to this week's discussions on Intelligence Liaison

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

##POLI1017 Relevant to our discussions about the role of NGOs, institutions, and norms

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

#POLI1017 Relevant for our future discussions on gender and the Syrian Civil War

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#POLI1017 For an update on events in Syria since the fall of Assad and the nature of recent clashes - relevant to some of the discussions we had this week.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

#POLI3097 Some of the witness statements from the investigation into Chinese intelligence activities in the UK

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

#POLI3097 A deep dive on continued sectarian division in Syria and it's impacts, particularly on the Alawite community

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

#POLI3097 Nested threads about the complicated history of secret intelligence in Finland which touches on the blurred boundaries between state and private intelligence and the intricate relationships between domestic and international politics.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

#POLI1017 A summary of an analysis of Russia's issues with military mobilisation from a Russian perspective. Highlights importance of gender relations and blurred boundaries between international politics and 'politics in the home'.

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

So pleased to see the introduction to our special issue on #vernacularsecurity published in Security Dialogue! Coauthored with @michaellister.bsky.social & Akin Oyawale, the issue pushes vernacular security research into exciting new directions. Free to read here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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The ASPIRE Network @aspirenetwork.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

🔊LISTEN to our podcast episode launching the ASPIRE network, talking on things #SoTL and our launch on June 9th. @jeremymoulton.bsky.social @jillianterry.bsky.social @sudhirselvaraj.bsky.social @mlebourdon.bsky.social

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

#POL41910 #POL42060 Highly relevant for our discussions this week on peace processes and post-conflict violence

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

#POL42060 On gendered inseecurity/it's in the context of natural disasters

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#POL41910 Relevant to our first week's discussion on how we understand 'politics'

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#POL41910 #POL42060 Relevant to discussions on the securitisation of non-traditional security threats and the limits of what we might categorise as 'Political Violence'

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#POL42060 Relevant to last week's discussion on ontological security and its implications for Security Studies

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#POL42060 Relevant to our future discussions on climate and security

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#POL42060 Relevant to our discussions both on the securitisation of migration and what it means to be 'a state'

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#POL42060 This report and thread is directly relevant to our discussions this week and the Cohn reading.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#POL41910 #POL42060 This might be a handy place to find any more podcast recommendations.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#POL41910 This is a handy thread for those interested in far right extremist movements.

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Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#POL41910 #POL42060 This report is directly relevant to our discussions this week on gender, international security, and political violence.

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